Thanks to some clever renovating by architect Jolanta Janiszewska, Bogusz Parzyszek’s central Warsaw apartment feels much bigger than its 500 square feet. Custom pieces with multiple functions define the streamlined interior, as well as kid-friendly features catered to Parzyszek’s son, like these skateboard-inspired swing seats. Learn more

On a warm evening in downtown Warsaw, Bogusz Parzyszek, who’s just pulled down the Murphy bed from a flat panel in the wall of his small studio, jumps up on the mattress. “You’ve reminded me,” he says. He reaches above the recess of the bed, opening a cabinet door, previously flush with the wall. Out comes a stand-up oscillating fan in two pieces—first one, then Learn more